All right, this is getting to be a little much. GM has revealed yet another special edition pickup truck in the form of the 2015 GMC Sierra 1500 Elevation Edition. First we saw the Chevrolet Silverado Rally Edition, then the GMC Sierra Carbon Edition, then the Chevy Silverado University of Tex...

The article says these new trucks are getting attention online. Sure they are. They're something new in the market, at least since this size truck was phased out. The question here is whether potential buyers will believe this generation of these trucks is really better than the previous generation. If they do, they'll buy. If they don't or are unsure, they'll wait and see how the first couple of years turn out. The other question is whether there really is sufficient market in this segment. There wasn't before, at least not for the quality level GM put into these trucks in the past. Maybe they're better this time. I will wait and see. But I don't have a need for this size truck so maybe it's irrelevant to me.

The newest pickups on the market, the midsize 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, are shipping to dealerships across the country today. Both new midsize pickups will be taken from GM's production facilities in Wentzville, Mo., loaded on tractor trailers and shipped to dealerships across th...

I'd like to see the Ford and GM J2807 numbers, which are typically smaller than those determined strictly by the manufacturers. Ram leadership based on just the numbers is probably larger than stated using the current methods to determine the numbers. For the past year or so Ram has been double digits in increased sales, far higher than the others. After owning a Ram for 7 years and 107,000 miles of traveling this country towing a large fifthwheel and then seeing the new Ram, it's easy to see why Ram is the leader.

A brief list of highlights for the 2015 Ram 2500/3500 Heavy-Duty pickup trucks is out (in fact, Ram is the last of the three HD pickup makers to release its 2015 data), and it looks like Ram is serious about maintaining as many pieces of its segment-leading pie as possible. To begin, the power...

Re the comment about the Chevy being at a slightly higher mph when it reached the top in a loaded condition.... When loaded our concern is how long it takes to get to the top, not how fast we are going when we get there. These are not race cars. They are loaded and most of us are safety conscious and will not be running much over the speed limit when loaded.

In order to bring these three-quarter-ton pickups with us for the second week of our Challenge as we drove from Davis Dam in Arizona to the Eisenhower Pass in Colorado, the answer was simple: Make the smaller trucks the cargo. It worked out perfectly. We were able to use each of them as traile...

Re the comment suggesting all the trucks use the same tires. Not a good idea. I want to know how the truck performs as it comes off the showroom floor, which is the way I drive it. I don't run out and trade perfectly good new tires when I buy a new vehicle. Just isn't going to happen for the vast majority of buyers. Therefore it's best to test the trucks as we will drive them.

To do brake testing properly, we needed a large, closed expanse of pavement all to ourselves. And there just aren't many of those around world that don't have a shopping mall attached to them. Thankfully we had the use of "Black Lake," a paved surface so large you can see it from space, at GM'...

George_C, might I suggest you purchase and use a calculator? Here is your message followed by the correct numbers.
Your post:
"Amazing the "old" 6.0L is only 0.1 seconds behind the Ram in the loaded 1/4 mile despite such a disparity in horsepower, kudos to the engineers at GM.
The Chevy only lost 1.7 seconds
The Ford lost 3.0 seconds
The Ram lost 2.3 seconds"
In reality,
The Chevy lost 1.85 seconds
The Ford lost 1.95 seconds
The Ram lost 1.31 seconds

We like using a manufacturer's proving grounds because it allows us to standardize and control many of the real-world variables (traffic, pedestrians, street conditions, etc.) that we might otherwise not be able to. Acceleration runs and brake testing in particular are difficult to accomplish ...

In the never-ending pickup battle for Max Towing Supremacy, the Ford Super Duty reclaims the lead from GM after a quick announcement at the 2012 Texas Auto Writers Association's Truck Rodeo. (To see the full press release, click here.) Ford has announced that the 2013 Super Duty F-350 dualie ...

Photography by GM, Chris Doane Photography, and KGP Photography The folks at GM are at it again. First, they sent us — and by "us," we mean all the major outlets — a video of the new Chevy Silverado towing a load up a hill. Now they're sending us a very specifically angled spy shot from thei...

All this article shows is that the manufacturers' liability people force conservative numbers. When those numbers jeopardize sales they allow them to increase. You can bet they'll not increase to the point that warranty costs and/or safety issues (lawsuits) outweigh the sales increases. What we really need is everyone adhering to J2807. Now.

I suppose we should have seen this coming. Just over a month ago, the new Ram 1500 was declared to have the best fuel-economy numbers of any half-ton pickup when equipped with the new Pentastar V-6 and eight-speed transmission. (The HFE model, rated at 18/25 mpg city/highway, includes a rather...

As a fulltime rv'er towing a very large fifthwheel I've towed with Ford, Chevy and, for the past five years, Ram with Cummins. All were decent but this Ram is by far the best. It's not the fastest to the next stoplight. It's not the fastest up the hill. But it's plenty good on both. Where it excels is 1) longevity/reliability, 2) low rpm - not screaming up the long hills like the V8's in Ford and Chevy, and 3) it runs cool compared to the other two. Both the lower rpm and the lower running temperatures contribute to longevity and reliability. What I don't like about my 2007 Ram is the interior is not as nice as the Ford and it doesn't have as many bells and whistles available, even though mine is the top of the line MegaCab Laramie. Now that Ram is catching up on the interior, maybe I need to consider trading. But my 2007 has only a bit over 90,000 miles so it's just getting broken in.

By Mark Williams, photos from the manufacturer Not long after the debut of the all-new 2013 Ram 1500, Ram Truck is revealing several significant improvements to the larger 2500 and 3500 models. The last refresh of the Ram HD was in 2010, and we haven’t been quiet about where we felt the Ram ...

It's good to update the interior and perhaps exterior trim but they still need to fire the designers of that butt-ugly exterior. I want to be proud of what I drive and you'd never see me driving one of these on purpose.

Reports are coming in hard and fast: GM will finally allow the new Chevy Silverado to get a new high-lux trim package, tentatively called the High Country trim level, to compete better with the premium Ford F-150 and Ram 1500 models. Automotive News reports that GM representatives did not di...